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Posted on Sun, Apr 4, 2010 : 5:51 a.m.

Library names winners in Peeps photo contest

By AnnArbor.com Staff

There's something people just love about Peeps.

The annual Ann Arbor photo diorama contest, initiated by The Ann Arbor News, was this year adopted by the Ann Arbor District Library in cooperation with AnnArbor.com. And it drew well over 100 entries, displaying creativity and humor. The idea? Simply create a scene using Peeps, the marshmallow candies that make a return appearance in stores every spring.

Entries were broken down into 6 age categories: preschool, grades K-2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and adult. Judges were AADL Teen Services Librarian Erin Helmrich, who also coordinated the contest; teen author Lara Zielin, also editor of the LSA Alumni magazine at the University of Michigan; and Amy Sumerton, program director at 826Michigan.

Winners have been offered the chance to bring their entries in to the downtown library, 343 South Fifth Avenue, for display in the Youth Department during April. Photos of the entries can be seen in the following slideshows; the winners appear first in each slideshow. Click on an image to get the creator's name (and the creation's title, if any). After the slideshows is a full list of winners.

Preschool entries:

K-2 entries:

Grades 3-5 entries:

Grades 6-8 entries:

Grades 9-12 entries:

Adult entries:

Ann Arbor Peeps Contest results

Preschool winners

1st Place: Rosie Flynn

2nd Place: Serafina Sabatini

3rd Place: Nicholas Wade

Grades K-2 winners

1st Place: Elliot Varnum

2nd Place: Gram Brownlee

3rd Place: Danielle Hill

Grades 3-5 winners

1st Place: Loey & Walden Jones-Perpich

2nd Place: Joseph Weber

3rd Place: Elise Brod

Grades 6-8 winners

1st Place: Sofi St. John

2nd Place: Micayla Roe

3rd Place: Cecilia Roe

Grades 9-12 winners

1st Place: Kathrin Larson

2nd Place: Julia Markey

3rd Place: Annabel Weiner

Adult winners

1st Place: Henry James

2nd Place: Ben Dzialo, Robin Zdrodowski, Tim Zdrodowski

3rd Place: Christine Tupper

Feeling pepped up for more Peeps photos? Check out these submissions to other recent Peeps contests:

If you missed your chance to participate in the Ann Arbor contest or you just wanna give the experience another peep, "The Office" Peeps contest invites fans of the mockumentary TV show to submit season 6 scenes, Peeps-style, by April 17.

And if you're wondering what to do with those leftover Peeps, Martha Stewart is on the case with a Peep-Wreath Centerpiece.